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I have a brick in Kenya | Halmen Balázs | TEDxTârguMureș

4,290 views · Published 31 October 2014 · 20:24 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Balázs was volunteering on a small island, called Rusinga in Kenya for 4 months in 2010. He was mainly teaching in a small private school, but beside that he also started to train football for the school children, and writing articles about his adventures.

Balázs was volunteering on a small island, called Rusinga in Kenya for 4 months in 2010. He was mainly teaching in a small private school, but beside that he also started to train football for the school children, and writing articles about his adventures. After returning home, he told his experiences to many friends. Realizing how many people are interested in volunteering and helping, he, with some friends decided to start a project called ‘I have a brick in Kenya’. Through this initiation they are collaborating with a local Kenyan organization helping the vulnerable orphans and widows on this small island. The help is really crucial, since 40 % of the population of Rusinga Island is HIV infected. Balazs will talk about the local education system, how and why they believe that the education is the key to break out from poverty, how you can use the power of football for reaching the problematic youth and children, and how a small organization like theirs can have a great social impact in a vulnerable area.

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